Here is what we are reading today: beating performance anxiety “”Anxiety is incredibly pervasive. People have a very strong intuition that trying to calm down is the best way to cope with their anxiety, but that can be very difficult and ineffective,” said study author Alison Wood Brooks, PhD, of Read more…
Here is what we are reading today: optogenetics anyone?? ““For most of my colleagues in neuroscience to say ‘I’ll be able to incorporate [optogenetics] into my daily work with nonhuman primates,’ you have to get beyond ‘It does seem to sort of work’,” said study senior author David Sheinberg, professor Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: do you listen to your stomach clock? “The discovery, published today in The Journal of Neuroscience, could lead to new information about how the gut signals to our brains about when we’re full, and when to keep eating. In the University’s Nerve-Gut Research Laboratory, Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: How our eyes anticipate “Conjuring up a visual image in the mind—like a sunny day or a night sky—has a corresponding effect on the size of our pupils, as if we were actually seeing the image, according to new research.” is there Read more…
Here’s what I am reading today: How many friends can your brain handle? “”We’re interested in how your brain is able to allow you to navigate in complex social environments,” study researcher MaryAnn Noonan, a neuroscientist at Oxford University, in England, said at a news conference. Basically, “how many friends Read more…